Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy (at chalkboard) instructs ten young men, presumably members of his big band, some of whom hold instruments and one of whom holds a pipe in his month. The chalkboard is labeled "Conn Studio."...

Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy poses on the steps of the Pendennis Club, wearing a Santa suit and shaking hands with a man in an overcoat. The rest of his band, also wearing Santa suits, stand behind him, holding their...

Frank Sinatra onstage accompanied by Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra at the Jefferson County Armory. Dorsey has his back to the audience and stands in front of the other musicians while Sinatra faces the audience while gripping the stand of a microphone....

Five-member orchestra with four men and one women, all dressed formally. One man sits at piano while the others have a bass, guitar, and oboe. The woman wears an accordion on a strap. A banner in front reads "Don Torres."

Address: 118 West Broadway. Fifteen young men who comprise the school orchestra pose on stage at St. Xavier College, a Catholic high school for boys. There are woodwinds, a drum, a banjo and a piano arranged in front of them. A banner with ST. X on...

A group of three white women and four white men pose behind a microphone that has the WHAS call letters on it. Another white man sits at a piano next to them. The invoice for this photograph indicates they are singers in the Falls City Orchestra.

Six African American musicians perform in an open pavilion. The drum reads "Jones Orchestra." Other instruments include trombone, violin, banjo, piano, trumpet, and saxophone. Outside of the pavilion tables are set up.

Caption on left: Ray O'Neal and His Recording Orchestra. Seven members of a band on stage in white coats and ties. Five of them sit behind stands that read "Ray O'Neal" and include a musical note. A sixth man sits at a piano in the background with...